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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
More than 5 crore Sanitary Napkins distributed from Jan Aushadhi Kendras to underprivileged women at the minimum price of Rs.1 each : PM
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today said that his Government is very much concerned about the health and hygiene of women in the country, specially the underprivileged women.
Addressing the Nation on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort Prime Minister said that Government is taking care of the health and hygiene of poor daughters and sisters and has made them available health related products at an affordable price. He said working in this direction more than 5 crore Sanitary Napkins have been distributed to underprivileged women from 6000 Jan Aushdhi Kendras at the minimum price of Rs.1 each.
Speaking about the announcement the Prime Minister, Union Chemicals and Fertilizers minister Shri DV Sadananda Gowda said that the achievement has been possible due the constant guidance and support of the Prime Minister. He also said that network of 6000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are geared to serve the people especially the underprivileged as reflected in the we distribution of 5 crore sanitary pads at a mimum price Rs 1.
Shri Gowda stressed that Govt will continue to provide access to essential and quality medicines at affordable price through PM Jan Aushadhi Kendras to fulfil prime Minister's vision.
MoS  for Shipping and MoS for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya also said that rapid strides in various sectors especially towards women empowerment and welfare of those from poor strata have been possible due the Prime Minister's strong commitment to the cause. Our Department of Pharmaceuticals have been working tirelessly to ensure availability of these sanitary pads and other medicines at affordable price through PM Jabaushadhi Kendras.
As a social drive Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Napkin is being made available in more than 6000 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushdhi Pariyojna -PMBJP Kendras across the country at a minimum price of Rs.1/-per pad. The market price of the similar Sanitary Napkins is around Rs. 3/- to Rs. 8/- per pad.
This step ensured ‘Swachhta, Swasthya and Suvidha’ for the underprivileged Women of India. This step has been taken by the Union Department of Pharmaceuticals to ensure the achievement of Prime Minister Shri Narendera Modi’s vision of affordable and quality healthcare for all. These Sanitary Napkins are environmentally friendly, as these pads are made with Oxo-biodegradable material complying with ASTM D-6954  standards.
In many parts of the country especially in rural areas girls and women do not have access to sanitary products or they do not opt for them as most of these items available in the market are costly.As such getting these pads from Jana Aushadhi Kendras have come as a big relief to them.
Jana Aushadhi Kendras have also supplied 1.56 Crore pads to J&K and Ladakh region. NHM has been distributing these pads free of cost to young girls and women as a part of “Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram.
NITI Aayog
Cabinet approves extension of Atal Innovation Mission
10000 Atal Tinkering Labs; 101 Atal Incubation Centers; 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers to be established
200 startups to be supported via Atal New India Challenges
Expenditure of more than 2000 crore rupees to be incurred
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of Atal Innovation Mission , till March 2023. The AIM shall work on its intended target of creating an innovation culture and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country. This will be done by AIM via its various programs.
The intended targets that will be achieved by AIM are:
- Establishing 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs ,
- Establishing 101 Atal Incubation Centers ,
- Establishing 50 Atal Community Innovation Centers  and
- Supporting 200 startups via the Atal New India Challenges.
The total budgeted expenditure of Rs.2000+ crore shall be incurred in the process of the establishment and supporting the beneficiaries.
The Mission has been set up under the NITI Aayog, in accordance with the Hon'ble Finance Minister's declaration in the 2015 Budget Speech. The objectives of the AIM are to create and promote an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country via interventions at school, university, research institutions, MSME and industry levels. The AIM has focused on both infrastructure creation and institution building. As evident from these examples, the AIM has worked on integrating innovation ecosystem both nationally and globally:
- The AIM has created bilateral relations with various international agencies for building synergistic collaboration on innovation and entrepreneurship such as the AIM – SIRIUS Student Innovation exchange program with Russia, AIM – ICDK  Water Challenge with Denmark, and IACE  with Australia.
- The AIMs played a pivotal role in the success of InSpreneur, an Innovation Startup Summit hosted between India and Singapore.
- The AIM partnered with the Ministry of Defence to set up the Defence Innovation Organization which is fostering innovation as well as procurement in the defense sector.
Over the past years, the AIM has worked to provide an institutional mechanism to integrate innovation activities across the country. Through its programmes, it has brought innovation to lakhs of school children. The AIM supported startups have raised 2000+ Crores from the government and private equity investors and have created several thousand jobs. The AIM has also executed several innovation challenges on topics of national interest. Together, the programmes of AIM cover 34 states and Union Territories with the goal of leveraging India's demographic dividend by inspiring greater participation in the innovation ecosystem.
With the cabinet’s approval to continue, AIM assumes an even greater responsibility to create an inclusive innovation ecosystem where engaging in innovation and entrepreneurship get increasingly easier.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Steps for Doubling Farmers Income
Agriculture being a State subject, the State Governments undertake implementation of programmes /schemes for the development of the sector. Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments through various schemes/ programmes. These schemes/ programmes of the Government of India are meant for the welfare of farmers by increasing production, remunerative returns and income support to farmers.
Further, the Government constituted an Inter-ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating to “Doubling of Farmers Income” and recommend strategies to achieve the same. The Committee submitted its Report to the Government in September, 2018 and thereafter, an Empowered Body was set up on 23.01.2019 to monitor and review the progress as per these recommendations. To achieve this, the Committee has identified seven sources of income growth viz., improvement in crop productivity; improvement in livestock productivity; resource use efficiency or savings in the cost of production; increase in the cropping intensity; diversification towards high value crops; improvement in real prices received by farmers; and shift from farm to non-farm occupations.
The Government is implementing schemes for imparting various training programmes and awareness campaigns for the benefit of farmers at Panchayat and village level under Agriculture Technology Management Agency  Scheme, Four Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institutes , Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture , National Food Security Mission  etc. through its wide network of KrishiVigyanKendras  under Indian Council of Agricultural Research  and agriculture Universities etc.
Awareness campaigns, advertisements etc are organised in print and electronic media toraise awareness among the farmers about the various initiatives taken by the Govt. of India for their welfare, on which an amount of Rs 218.55 crore and Rs 148.22 crore  has been spent during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
NITI Aayog
Showcasing Top 30 Innovations of the Atal Tinkering Marathon
On the eve of the National Technology Day, ATL Marathon’s Top 30 Innovations to be supported through industry partnerships
In an effort to identify India’s best student innovators, Atal Tinkering Labs of the Atal Innovation Mission  of NITI Aayog, organized an Atal Tinkering Marathon, a six month long nationwide challenge across six different thematic areas, namely, clean energy, water resources, waste management, healthcare, smart mobility and agri-tech.
From over 650 innovations received, Top 100 were shortlisted based on novelty and prototype functionality. There 100 teams were then given a month to further refine their prototypes and rework their presentations. Following this, their innovations were judged by an esteemed panel of judges including industry and academia experts to select the Top 30 innovations. These top 30 innovations have been identified from 20 different States and Union territories from across India.
These Top 30 innovations and their prizes will be announced by Shri Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog.
Atal Tinkering Labs under the Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog, is based on the philosophy that incentives and prize awards are a great beginning to create an exponential wave of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst school children. The ATL Student Innovator Program is an effort to institutionalize a mechanism, where high school students can work with university incubators to pursue their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas along with their education. Our goal is to drive extensive forward and backward linkages within the stakeholders in India, to create a paradigm shift in the student mindset and prepare them to become young innovators and entrepreneurs.
PIB Headquarters
Jan Aushadhi Kendras as Corona Warriors
Pharmacists under Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra  are delivering essential services and medicines at doorsteps of patients under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra. They are extending essential service by making available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to the common people of the country especially the elderly persons at the doorsteps to fight Corona pandemic thus ensuring the Government initiative of social distancing effectively.
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra  are being run by Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India  under Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India with an objective of providing quality and affordable healthcare to anyone in need. Presently more than 6300 PMBJAKs are functioning across the nation covering 726 districts of the country. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in year 2014 for the noble cause-Quality medicines at affordable prices for all.
Shri. E V Shiril, owner of Jan Aushadhi Kendra, Siddhapudur, Coimbatore said that the kendras are helping common men get health care at affordable prices like never before.
Shri.Shiril who had started a clinic named as 'Modi Clinic' was very happy to have interacted with honourable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi in the presence of Honorable Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Gangapuram Kishan Reddy.
Smt. Bhagyalakshmi, Chairperson of PMBJAK, Kannampalayam, Coimbatore says that it was a pioneering effort in whole of Coimbatore to have opened such Kendra under PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra Yojana in 2017. Providing concession up to 75% to poor and retired people, these Kendras serve with the only motive of Service to the needy people, she added. She further said, they have ensured enough stock provide by the Kendra in this lockdown period and around 100-150 beneficiaries visit the kendra on daily basis to purchase the medicines.
Sh. Subramaniam, a beneficiary from another kendra near Sulur says the Kendra is a solace to many in the lockdown scenario as almost all medicines are available at concessional rates. The kendra is a very good initiative of central government in the medical sector, he added.
In the lockdown period, Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra is generating awareness online too through useful posts on their social media platform to help people prevent themselves from Corona virus. One can get regular updates on following @pmbjpbppi in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice-President condoles loss of lives due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh.
The Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar condoled the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh today. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
In a tweet, the Vice-President said:
"Deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families & prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured."
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Its Time for Central Warehousing Corporation  to increase the current capacity of 130 LMT by manifold at the earliest: Shri Piyush Goyal
Quality and Standardisation in storage needs to be built into CWC operations on a mission mode
Holistic warehousing solutions to help farmers.
Warehousing expansion and reduction in logistics costs will bring a paradigm shift towards a transparent, productive & integrated post-harvest value chain for the farmers and help increase farm incomes- Shri Goyal
Shri Piyush Goyal Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Railways and Commerce & Industry delivers “Keynote Address “at the 65th Foundation Day of the Central Warehousing Corporation 
CWC asked to work with DoCA on creating storage capacities for 22 essential commodities, spread across the country
Rs 217 Cr worth of warehousing projects inaugurated today across the country will help increase capacity, strengthen infrastructure & connect farmers
Time has come for Central Warehousing Corporation to increase the current capacity of 130 LMT by manifold at the earliest to meet challenges of a growing farm sector and ensuring holistic storage solutions for the farmers. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Railways and Commerce & Industry while delivering the “Keynote Address “at the 65th Foundation Day of the Central Warehousing Corporation .
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that Quality and Standardisation in storage needs to be built into CWC operations on a mission mode. Shri Goyal said that Holistic warehousing solutions which can benefit all are heart of Government of India’s agenda. Warehousing expansion and reduction is logistics costs will bring a paradigm shift towards a transparent, productive & integrated post-harvest value chain for the farmers and help in improving farm Incomes.
During the event, CWC was asked to work with DoCA on creating storage capacities for 22 essential commodities, spread across the country CWC has played a defining role in providing warehousing infrastructure for the agricultural sector.
Shri Goyal said that Government of India is committed to growth of CWC on a mission mode, GOI has ensured approval of 177 projects since 2014 with an investment of over Rs. 1,000 Crore.
Rs 217 Cr worth of warehousing projects inaugurated today across the country will help increase capacity, strengthen infrastructure & connect farmers.
The Minister said that warehousing infrastructure is critical for agri ecosystem are houses act as ‘Safe Houses’ for farmers and helps reduce wastage & control the prices of agro products.
It may be noted that CWC handled 35 LMT of food grains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 189 LMT of Public Distribution System  stock.
Shri Goyal said that it is important that CWC moves from being Storage Provider to Solution Provider. He said that CWC should lead the Make in India campaign & capture the consequent surge in demand for warehousing solutions.
Ministry of Defence
Durand Cup Trophy tour conducted in Mumbai
Mumbai, 8 July 2023
The Trophy tour for the upcoming 132nd edition of the prestigious Durand Cup Football tournament, was undertaken in Mumbai with great enthusiasm on 08 Jul 23. The three magnificent Durand Trophies were received at the Army Officers Institute  in Colaba in a ceremony by the Chief Guest, Vice Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command and Lt Gen HS Kahlon, GOC, HQ MG & G Area.
The trophies were flagged off from Colaba and taken across Mumbai for display. They were showcased at the historic Gateway of India and the iconic Marine Drive.
Speaking on the occasion, Lt Gen HS Kahlon, said "It Is indeed an honour to be a part of the celebrations of the iconic Durand Cup Football Tournament. The Indian Army is perhaps the biggest public supporter and promoter of sports and our globally acclaimed athletes are a source of inspiration and pride for the youth of the entire country. The Durand Cup stands testimony to our commitment to football and I am confident that very soon, Indian football too will reach dizzying heights. I wish the Indian Army and the Services team all the very best for their 132nd Durand cup Campaign.”
The three Trophies unique to the tournament are, the Durand Cup , the Shimla Trophy  and the President's Cup .
Earlier the trophies were jointly flagged-off from New Delhi for a 17-city Trophy Tour across India on 30 Jun 2023 by the Army Chief, IAF Chief and President of the All India Football Federation . Mumbai is the fifth-stop in the tour after the Trophies travelled to Dehradun, Udhampur and Pune. The other cities that the tour will cover include Jaipur, Karwar, Kochi, Ezhimala, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Shillong and Aizawl, before flagging-into Kolkata on 01 Aug 2023.
The 132nd Durand Cup begins on 03 Aug 2023 in Kolkata with the finals on 03 Sep 2023. This edition of the Durand Cup will have 24 teams, up from 20 in last edition, including all 12 Indian Super League  sides. Service teams from neighbouring foreign countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal will also be participating in the legacy tournament, marking foreign participation in the legendary tournament after a long gap of 27 years.PIB Mumbai | M.Jaybhaye/D.Rane
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Competition Commission of India
CCI approves Sanaka Growth SPV I Limited investment in Edelweiss Securities Limited
The Competition Commission of India  has approved Sanaka Growth SPV I Limited  investment in Edelweiss Securities Limited  under sub-section  of Section 31 of the Act.
The proposed combination relates to investment by Sanaka in ESL and Edelweiss Global Investment Advisory Business  Subsidiaries of up to INR equivalent to $44 million.
Sanaka is duly incorporated under the laws of Mauritius. Its principal activity is that of investment holding and related activities with the objective to achieve long term capital appreciation.
The Target entities belong to the Edelweiss Group, with Edelweiss Financial Services Limited as the ultimate holding company, are broadly engaged in the Edelweiss Global Investment Advisory Business.
Detail order of the CCI will follow.
Prime Minister's Office
PM praises Embassy of Isreal for celebrating Hindi Diwas with dialogues from Hindi films
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded Embassy of Israel's celebrations of Hindi Diwas through famous dialogues from Hindi films. The Prime Minister said that the effort of the Embassy is overwhelming.
The Prime Minister posted on X
"परंपरा, प्रतिष्ठा, अनुशासन… ये इस इजराइल एम्बेसी के तीन स्तंभ हैं।
भारतीय फिल्मों के डायलॉग के जरिए हिन्दी को लेकर इजराइली दूतावास का यह प्रयास अभिभूत करने वाला है।"
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘3.96% GS 2022’, ‘5.15% GS 2025’, ‘5.85% GS 2030’ and ‘New GS 2061’.
Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘3.96% Government Security, 2022’ for a notified amount of ` 2,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘5.15% Government Security, 2025’ for a notified amount of ` 11,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘5.85% Government Security, 2030’ for a notified amount of ` 11,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘New Government Security, 2061’ for a notified amount of ` 7,000 crore  through yield based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ` 2,000 crore against each of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on February 18, 2021  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the Securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on February 18, 2021. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on February 18, 2021  and payment by successful bidders will be on February 22, 2021 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
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Special Service and Features
2021-22 CAG report forwarded to Tamilnadu Government
Under the Comptroller and Auditor General’s  Act, 1971 the comptroller and auditor general of india prepares the finance accounts of the government of tamil nadu showing that year’s receipts and disbursements for the state annually. Along with this, the comptroller and auditor general of india also compiles the appropriation acoounts for the state government showing the excess or saving unde each grant or appropriation as passed by the legislature. Both these accounts duly signed by comptroller and auditor general of india for the year 2021-22 were forwarded on 12.01.2023 to the state government for being laid before the state legislatue, according to a press release issued by Sr.Deputy Accountant General 
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Performance Evaluation of Trifed
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs reviews the performance of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India  through regular meetings, MoU evaluation, Monthly Progress Report etc. The Ministry has not undertaken any study to evaluate the performance of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India , which is responsible of marketing tribal products through the network of its own outlets, using E-commerce and by organizing tribal festivals / artisan melas. On evaluation of Progress Report submitted by TRIFED in January, 2020, following are observed:
- TRIFED has a network of 120 Outlets i.e. 72 own Sales outlets, 33 outlets on consignment sale and 15 franchisee outlets located across the country.
- Cumulative procurement of Rs. 3620 Lakhs was made by TRIFED during the current financial year 2019-20, which is 38% more in comparison to the corresponding period of the last financial year.
- Cumulative sale of Rs. 3486.93 lakhs was achieved during the current financial year 2019- 20, which is 28% more in comparison to the corresponding period of the last financial year.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.